Module:WP

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Implements {{WP}}

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local p = {}

local mRedirect = require('Module:Redirect')

-- Return blank text, or an error message if requested
local function err(text)
	if errors then error(text, 2) end
	return ""
end

-- Get a redirect target (or nil if not a redirect) without using the expensive title object property .isRedirect
local function getRedirectTarget(titleObject)
	local content = titleObject:getContent()
	if not content then return nil end
	return mRedirect.getTargetFromText(content)
end

-- Get a page's content, following redirects, and processing file description pages for files.
-- Also returns the page name, or the target page name if a redirect was followed, or false if no page found
local function getContent(page, frame)
	local title = mw.title.new(page) -- Read description page (for :File:Foo rather than File:Foo)
	if not title then return false, false end

	local redir = getRedirectTarget(title)
	if redir then title = mw.title.new(redir) end

	return title:getContent(), redir or title.prefixedText
end

-- Main function returns a string value: nutshell text from the {{nutshell}} template on the given page.
local function main(frame)
	local pagename = frame.args[1]
	if not pagename then return err("No page names given") end
    
	local text
    text, normalisedPagename = getContent(pagename)
    
    if not normalisedPagename then
        return err("No title for page name " .. pagename)
    end
    
    if text then
        local isStub = mw.ustring.find(text, "%s*{{[^{|}]*%-[Ss]tub%s*}}")
        if isStub then text = nil end
    end
    
	if not text then return err("Cannot read a valid page: page name is " .. pagename) end
	
	local nutshell = mw.ustring.match(text, "{{[Nn]utshell|(.-)}}")
	if not nutshell then return err("Page has no nutshell text: " .. pagename) end
	
	-- Escape wikilinks.

	return frame:preprocess(nutshell)
end

function p.main(pagename) return main(pagename) end

return p